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Professor Steve Keen web conference – 29 July

Steve Keen is live from Australia on Monday 30 July (7am) Sydney time and 10PM UK time (GMT+1) on Sunday 29. Steve is Professor of Economics & Finance at the University of Western Sydney, and author of the popular book Debunking Economics, a second …

Steve Keen is live from Australia on Monday 30 July (7am) Sydney time and 10PM UK time (GMT+1) on Sunday 29. Steve is Professor of Economics & Finance at the University of Western Sydney, and author of the popular book Debunking Economics, a second edition of which has just been published (Zed Books UK, 2011; www.debunkingeconomics.com).

Steve was one of the very few who predicted the financial crisis as long ago as December 2005, and warned that a period of apparent stability could merely be “the calm before the storm”. He received the Revere Award from the Real World Economics Review for being the economist who most cogently warned of the crisis, and whose work is most likely to prevent future crises.

On the right side of the home page there is a box called Web Conference, with a drop down list of meeting rooms. Select the meeting called “Steve Keen”.

Type in your name, and password 123.

Click ‘Join’, and you will be redirected to the web conference.

A window will pop up asking permission to use your web cam and microphone, as well as the opportunity to choose devices and edit preferences. Allow, and click ‘join audio’. If possible, use a head set, as computer speakers can cause feedback.

Your web cam won’t come on automatically. There is a camera icon in the top left hand corner of the screen. If you click that a video window will open with a ‘play’ button at the bottom. If you click that your video will go live.

If you don’t have a web cam and mic, you can still participate by typing questions into the chat box.

You can ask questions by typing them in the chat area to the right of the screen, or by clicking the hand icon.